In this article ASTR The company’s rocket LV0007 lifts off from Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska on November 20, 2021. Astra Shares of rocket builder Astra surged in trading on Monday after the company reached orbit for the first time over the weekend. The company’s rocket LV0007 launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in
Getty Images Clients grappling with a layoff or jumping into retirement may have some tax-planning opportunities as the year winds down, top advisors say. By the third quarter of 2020, 28.6 million baby boomers reported being out of the workforce, out of an entire cohort numbering 71.8 million, according to Pew Research. That’s 3.2 million more
Audiologist examining a patient’s ear. Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Some significant changes to Medicare could be on their way. With the House passage of the $1.7 trillion Build Back Better Act on Friday, provisions that would improve Medicare have moved a step closer to becoming law. The Senate must still pass its version
Over the last few years, concerns have been raised that the existing international tax system does not properly capture the digitalization of the economy. Under current international tax rules, multinationals generally pay corporate income tax where production occurs rather than where consumers or, specifically for the digital sector, users are located. However, some argue that
Real estate broker Rebecca Van Camp places a “Sold” placard on her sign in front of a home in Meridian, Idaho, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Darin Oswald | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes in October rose 0.8% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 6.34 million units, according
Traders are starting to feel more optimistic, despite there being no decrease in the line of ships sitting off the LA coast.
A demonstrator lights a smoke bomb during a rally held by Austria’s far-right Freedom Party FPOe against the measures taken to curb the Covid pandemic, at Maria Theresien Platz square in Vienna, Austria on November 20, 2021. JOE KLAMAR | AFP | Getty Images Protests against fresh Covid-19 restrictions have rocked Europe over the weekend,
Long-term market bull Jeremy Siegel expects a serious pullback that it isn’t tied to the Covid-19 surge risks. His tipping point: a drastic change in Federal Reserve policy in order to deal with hot inflation. “If the Fed suddenly gets tougher, I’m not sure that the market is going to be ready for a U-turn
With some 12 million people across more than 100 countries, the Filipino diaspora is one of the largest in the world. Yet the food of the Philippines isn’t as widely known as some Asian cuisines. Fans of the cuisine argue that adobo — chicken or pork braised in soy sauce, vinegar, garlic and peppercorn —
People walk past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China September 28, 2018. Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — China’s central bank removed several phrases on policy restraint in a quarterly report, a move economists said may be a sign that stimulus is on its way. The
WATFORD, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 20: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during the Premier League match between Watford and Manchester United at Vicarage Road on November 20, 2021 in Watford, England. Mark Leech/Offside | Offside | Getty Images United have confirmed Solskjaer’s assistant Michael Carrick will be placed in temporary charge, with the club also
A trader during the Sweetgreen initial public offering (IPO) in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Sunday ahead of the holiday-shortened week, a historically seasonally strong period for Wall Street.